Posted on 03/11/2013 8:09:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of racketeering conspiracy after prosecutors said he presided over a breathtaking profit machine by rigging contracts and demanding bribes.
The racketeering count carries up to 20 years in prison. Kilpatrick was convicted of at least six other criminal counts and acquitted of one, and jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict on two. Kilpatrick was charged with 30 federal crimes. The verdict was still being delivered in federal court in Detroit.
Jurors began deliberating Feb. 18.
Kilpatrick, 42, was charged with bribery, extortion and tax evasion
Prosecutors said that Kilpatrick, a Democrat, steered $83 million in city contracts to Ferguson in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks. They also told jurors that the ex-mayor raided his own nonprofit for personal expenses.
Kilpatrick’s lawyer told jurors that Kilpatrick never extorted anyone and that he only helped Ferguson win city business because he knew Ferguson would hire people who live in Detroit.
Kilpatrick was considered a rising Democratic star when he was elected in 2001, but his tenure was scarred by allegations of cronyism, nepotism and out-of-control spending.
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.nbcnews.com ...
The jurors must be racists.
I wonder if the HNIC will wear his britches low in the pen...
Naive? Well meaning?
How about just plain evil?
African leadership at its finest. See buttface obama for a greater scale. 3rd world leaders have no place in US politics, imho.
“It’s too bad someone doesn’t do an annual “rising Democratic star” list, or a “Top 40 Democrats under 40” - and then do a follow up 10 years later. “
You mean a sort of “Where are They Now” list?
Well, here’s one that works on the flip side, FROM Criminal TO Legislator!
Who knew it could work the other way?
“Kilpatrick convicted of racketeering in corruption trial”
Because the rules are different for Kwame. That’s what he said back when the trial was just getting underway. He said that the only reason he and the others were charged was “because the rules were different” for him.
Black Irish?
“”allegations of cronyism, nepotism “”
I thought that was the American way - at least in democrat administrations.
We’re seeing enough of it right now in DC.. I would say some are just so blatant, they’re bound to get caught. Others are just more clever and never rise to this level.
Black Irish?
Ni**ers and Irish Keep off the Grass!!
You’ll enjoy this one. Somebody flew a banner over Detroit today in “honor” of Kilpatrick.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2995851/posts
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.